Category: Award Winners
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2022/05/11/firekeepers-daughter-by-angeline-boulley/
This true-crime suspense novel leaves the reader on the edge of their seat while also accurately depicting Ojibwe culture. Daunis Fontaine is the main character of the story. Daunis has never really fit in, whether on the reservation or in her hometown. However, that’s...
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2020/01/08/the-57-bus-a-true-story-of-two-teenagers-and-the-crime-that-changed-their-lives-by-dashka-slater/
Sasha and Richard are both high school students living in Oakland, California. Because of their hometown’s vast diversity, their worlds could not be more different. Sasha is a genderqueer, middle-class student attending a private high school. Richard lives in the lower class area and...
IVY ABERDEEN’S LETTER TO THE WORLD by Ashley Herring Blake
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2019/10/31/ivy-aberdeens-letter-to-the-world-by-ashley-herring-blake/
Since the birth of her twin brothers, twelve year-old Ivy feels increasingly invisible and things get only worse after a devastating tornado rips through her town, completely destroying her home. Not only does Ivy try to make sense her living situation, her distant family,...
I’ll Give You the Sun
https://fairfieldpubliclibrary.org/blog/2015/03/03/ill-give-you-the-sun/
Title: I’ll Give You the Sun Author: Jandy Nelson Summary: Vibrant, outgoing Jude and shy, artistic Noah are twins. They may not be identical, but they have been together forever. Despite petty jealousies over their parents’ affection, their mother’s ambition for both of them to attend a prestigious...